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| 23 May 2017 |
Illicit Financial Flows Hamper Sustainable Development Financing |
ESCWA held on 8 and 9 May 2017 at the UN House in Beirut an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to conjure a common scope, definition, working parameters and methodology to qualify and quantify Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and trade misinvoicing since, to date, there is no multilaterally agreed upon definition of IFFs or an agreed-on methodology for their measurement. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Committee on Water Resources Convenes Eighth Session |
In the presence of representatives of member countries, international, regional and civil organizations, as well as experts concerned with water resources,UN-ESCWAopened today the eighthsession of its Committee on Water Resources, which convenes until Friday 19 December 2008.
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| 27 March 2019 |
Regional commission marks World Water Day, says millions of Arabs still lack basic water services |
Beirut, 22 March 2019 (ESCWA)--While 51 million people from the Arab region still lacked basic water drinking services, 73% of whom lived in rural areas. This is among the conclusions of the new version of ‘2019 United Nations World Water Development Report” (WWDR 2019) launched today at the regional level by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as it marked World Water Day in its Beirut headquarters. |
| 8 June 2020 |
Estimating the Cost of Child Marriage in the Arab Region: Background Paper on the Feasibility of Undertaking a Costing Study |
This background paper provides an overview of the scope, drivers and consequences of child marriage in the Arab region. It also discusses the importance of estimating the cost of child marriage, examines the feasibility of undertaking a costing study in the Arab region, and reviews the availability of data needed to implement such a task, as well as the appropriate framework to consider when approaching costing child marriage in the region. |
| 15 September 2017 |
Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts |
The Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) are organizing a “Workshop on Islamic Finance in the National Accounts”. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on external peer review for the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2010-2011 |
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| 18 October 2019 |
Awareness Day on “The Promotion of Renewable Energy Applications: Current State and Perspectives” |
Awareness Day on “The Promotion of Renewable Energy Applications: Current State and Perspectives” |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches Cyber Legislation Directives |
Beirut, 4 May 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)— During its coming 27th Ministerial Session, ESCWA will launch a series of directives on “Cyber Legislation” at 12:00 noon on Thursday, 10 May, 2012 at the U.N. House in Beirut to shed light on the results of the commission’s activities in the field of cyber laws. The importance of cyber legislation stems from its role in securing a regulatory and legal environment suitable for the flourishing of the Information and Communication technology (ICT) sector. |
| 2 December 2020 |
Cost of conflict in Libya exceeds $576 billion, ESCWA study finds |
The cost of the conflict in Libya since its outbreak in 2011 exceeds 783 billion Libyan dinars (LYD), i.e. $576 billion according to the official exchange rate. |
| 16 March 2017 |
Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
The Forum will review, present, and discuss the linkages between the WSIS action lines and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. |